Tag: Fischler College of Education & School of Criminal Justice

Alum Gets Key Post at Caribbean University of Puerto Rico

Rosado

Jesus M. Santiago Rosado, Ed.D., a 2017 Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice graduate, has been appointed Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs at Caribbean University of Puerto Rico.

Santiago has developed a career in the educational field, standing out in the areas of professional teacher development, academic leadership, university teaching, research and administration of higher education.

Posted 01/08/23

Miami Edison High-Schoolers Participate in Shark Speak Program

A group of students from Miami Edison Senior High School are getting in-depth English lessons thanks to a student at the Fischler Academy at NSU’s Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice (FCE&SCJ).

The five high school students currently visit NSU’s campus where they partake in the Shark Speak project with Fischler Academy student, Gisel Egeraige, and Fischler Academy alumna Eloise Nieto.

Shark Speak is an interactive English acquisition program that accelerates the learning of the 100 most commonly used English words. The project was developed by Nieto and project supervisor Daryl Hulce.

The program is designed around using the 100 words in everyday settings such as going to the store or what is likely to be heard at school. At the core of the program is an activity called “May I Have… Please?,” where items that appeal to the learners, such as food and personal care products, are placed on a table and the students are taught to politely ask for them.

The students use the phrase “May I have… please?” filling in the blank with the items on the table. This repetition makes learning fun and provides a feeling of quick success for the students.

The lessons are led by Egeraige, who is in turn coached and supervised by Nieto, who teaches English as a second language at Miami Edison. The students have been taking well to the lessons and have spoken highly of the experience. Nieto said that additional students have even approached her and asked to participate in the program.

For more information on the Shark Speak program, please contact Daryl Hulce at hulce@nova.edu.

Posted 12/11/22

LEC Conference Connects, Engages, And Inspires

NSU’s Learning and Educational Center (LEC), under the direction LEC’s executive director, Diane Lippe, Ed.S., hosted a two-day virtual conference that showcased a variety of NSU educators presenting on a wide array of topics. The theme for the conference was, “Connect, Engage, Inspire,” and it gave NSU faculty and staff an opportunity to share their knowledge and practices with other educators at the university. Presentations covered teaching strategies, technology tools, BEDI (belonging, equity, diversity, and inclusion) practices, student engagement, and more. Some sample presentation titles were: “That’s Debatable: How to Create Better Writers Using Micro-Debates,” “Developing and Using Vision Statements to Enhance Course Design and Improve Student Outcomes,” and, “Connecting Faculty and Student (Re)Engagement with Relationship-Rich Education.”

Presenters represented the Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice, the H. Wayne Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship, the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences, the Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences, the Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine, as  well as the Writing and Communication Center and the Learning and Educational Center. The conference also included two highly engaging presentations by Provost and Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs, Ron Chenail. According to conference organizer Marti Snyder, Ph.D., “Opportunities such as this year’s virtual conference facilitate sharing of teaching and learning best practices across NSU. We were thrilled to have 250 registered attendees representing all NSU colleges and many offices. We are grateful to our attendees, presenters, LEC staff, and the LEC Advisory Council for their contributions to this successful event.”

Congratulations to the Learning and Educational Center for organizing and hosting the 2022 Teaching and Learning Conference!    To watch the video recordings of the conference presentations, please visit the conference playlist here. You can also visit the Learning and Educational Center’s website here.

Posted 12/11/22

Education Alumna Publishes Two Children’s Books

A Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice graduate is celebrating the publishing of two children’s books she co-authored with her husband, Manswell Peterson.

Latonya Peterson graduated from NSU with her M.S. in Criminal Justice, and her Ed.D. in Organizational Leadership. She currently works fulltime as a Criminal Justice professor at American InterContinental University.

In that role, she has published articles and even a victimology book. However, she recently stepped into a different kind of writing role: that of a children’s author.

Alongside her husband, Peterson wrote two children’s books: “Braylen The Bear & Friends: Forever Friends” and “Braylen The Bear & Friends: Snow Fight.”

“It took about a year for me to actually write the book. I had to sit down, go over research trying to decide what I wanted the plot to be, but we finally published,” she said.

The two books follow the adventures of a young bear named Braylen. The first book, “Forever Friends” covers topics of friendship, sharing and helping each other. The second book, “Snow Fight” focuses on the building new friendships.

Latonya Peterson

Peterson said her motivation was her love for children and desire to create something for them. The titular character, Braylen, is also inspired Peterson’s own 11-year-old son Braylen.

“He would go, check out books and the stories were always interesting to me, and I was like, ‘One day, I’m going to write a book.’”

Well, after a year-long process, Peterson achieved her goal. The first book was published in late October and the second book was published on Nov. 1, her son’s 11th birthday.

“He was very excited about that,” she said. “He’s read both of them and I really love doing it for kids.”

Peterson said her husband will likely keep the series going and that while she did enjoy the project, she doesn’t have any immediate plans to write any other books.

“If I do in the future, it will be years from now,” she laughed.

Congratulations Latonya Peterson! We love to see you doing what you love!

Posted 11/20/22

Education Professor Named FAMTE Mathematics Educator of Year

Hui Fang Huang (Angie) Su, Ed.D., professor with the Department of Education in the Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice

Hui Fang Huang (Angie) Su, Ed.D., professor with the Department of Education in the Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice has received new recognition from the Florida Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (FAMTE).

Su was named the state’s Mathematics Teacher Educator of the Year for 2022.

The Board of Directors for the FAMTE established the award, and the honor is given annually with recognition of the recipient at the annual meeting of FAMTE during the Florida Council of Teachers of Mathematics (FCTM) yearly conference.

The award aims to recognize an individual for excellence in teaching, research, and service.

Su was nominated by Joseph Furner, a fellow mathematics education colleague at Florida Atlantic University.

“I have been impressed by her active involvement, excitement, and passion for improving mathematics instruction in our state over the years,” Furner said. “When I look at anything math or technology education-related, I always see Angie’s name on the board, and she is so active in doing so much in Florida for our discipline. She is the energizer bunny of math education! “

Su is no stranger to being recognized for her incredible work. In 2018, she received the NSU President’s Distinguish Professor of the Year. Also, she was named the 2013 recipient of the Visionary Award for Distinguished Leadership from the Florida Distance Learning Association.

Congratulations on your award Angie Su! Thank you so much for being an incredible professor and leader!

Posted 11/20/22

Ninth-Grade Girls Get Hands-On STEM Experience

A group of 9th-grade girls is getting a hands-on experience in the world of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.

Thanks to a team of professors from NSU’s Abrham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice and the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences, 35 students at SLAM Palm Beach High School are getting in-depth sessions in topics of biology, physics, chemistry, engineering, mathematics, and various art forms.

The project is led by Hui Fang (Angie) Su, Project PI; Jia Borror, Project Co-PI; and Teri Williams, Project Co-PI. Also involved in giving some of the presentations are Julie Torruellas Garcia, Arthur Sikora, Yueting Wan.

Students’ STEM awareness and interest were measured at the beginning of the project. They will again be calculated at the end, along with their knowledge and understanding of the engineering sub-field of STEM.

One such activity hosted by Williams focused on Creative Thinking and tasked the girls with working together to design and make a paper airplane. The activity blended the worlds of art and science to create something distinguishable and functional.

Another activity focused on Botany and Painting, where the girls looked closely at the flowers and examined them as scientists before drawing and painting them.

In addition to the various demonstrations, the girls will also get to tour NSU’s labs and campus.

The project’s overall goal is to use this experience to increase the high school girls’ perception and awareness of the STEM field and carry this interest into their college years and beyond.

Posted 11/06/22

Education Professor Receives Visionary Award for Distinguished Leadership

Anymir Orellana, Ed.D.

Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice Professor Anymir Orellana, Ed.D., is the recipient of the Visionary Award for Distinguished Leadership from the Florida Distance Learning Association.

The award recognizes a leader who has demonstrated commitment in the field of education and has made significant contributions to distance learning in the organization.

Orellana said upon learning of the award, she was honored and excited. However, she also voiced her immense gratitude for her friend and colleague Gabriela Mendez, the person who nominated her for the recognition.

Orellana said she wanted to thank Mendez publicly.

“Not very many have good friends who take time to nominate you and appreciate you in such a way,” she said. “I thank her, and I thank the committee.”

Mendez said she nominated Orellana because she motivates her and others to constantly improve their online courses.

“As a great academic, she is always reading and learning about new topics and shares her knowledge with her colleagues by teaching us how to use technology and how to organize our courses. Dr. Orellana and I challenge each other to think beyond how teaching online is today to envision how it could be to benefit all students. Dr. Anymir Orellana is an inspiration to her colleagues and students.”

Orellana joins others from NSU to receive this distinction. In 2021, NSU President Dr. George Hanbury was granted the award, and in 2013, the award was received by FCESCJ Professor Hui Fang Huang “Angie” Su.

Orellana will be recognized at the FDLA/FAMTE 2022 virtual conference to be held in February 2023.

Posted 11/06/22

Education Professor Gets Award From Haitian Studies Association

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice Professor Charlene Desir, Ed.D., has been selected to receive the 2022 Award for Service by the Haitian Studies Association (HSA).

Charlene Desir, Ed.D.

Desir was presented with the HSA Service Award at the Association’s 34th Annual Conference in Washington D.C.

The award honors a person or organization in recognition of years of dedication and service to the Haitian Studies Association, the field of Haitian Studies, or to the people of Haiti.

“The steadfast commitment you have shown to the academic, psycho-social and spiritual development of Haitian immigrants and other disenfranchised populations in both the U.S. and Haiti have earned you this special recognition,” the organization said.

Desir has been a part of the organization since she was a first year-student in college at Tufts University. She went on to serve as the HSA’s youngest president in 2012.

She said she first encountered them while walking on campus after a rather dejecting experience in class.

“And I saw a sign that said, ‘Haitian Studies Association, an Academic Conference on the Study of Haiti’ and I walked in. I just walked in; I wasn’t registering– nothing. I walked in and sat down. And that’s how it began. And I stayed there until this day.”

Desir said the association has been there for pivotal moments of her academic career, through the earning of her degrees and she even published her first paper in their journal.

The organization also witnessed the start of Desir’s Emerging Scholars program.

“It’s a mentoring program for undergrad and graduate students in the U.S. and Haiti that want to be an academic and study Haitian issues as part of their work,” she said.

The program is now in its 10th year, and some of the scholars even came out to watch Desir receive her honor.

Overall, Desir said the honor was incredibly special to her.

“As an academic, to be recognized for service was really important for me, because we’re expected to publish, we’re expected to research, we’re expected to teach and to give back and to be recognized as one of the people that gave back to the institution — this academic institution, and it was recognized that I created an academic legacy plan for the organization, I think was profound.”

Congratulations Charlene Desir and thank you for all your hard work!

Posted 10/23/22

Education Alum Accepted Into Aspiring Assistant Principal Program

Coi Lazier

A Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice graduate has been accepted into a prestigious program thanks to a project she did during her studies.

Coi Lazier recently graduated in June with her M.S. in Educational Leadership. During one of her final courses, the Leadership Symposium, she was tasked with developing an initiative that could potentially be used in a future interview process.

Lazier chose a project that dealt with children’s exposure to culturally relevant text.

“We had to identify a problem using data, then determine how to monitor that data, and then come up with an action plan,” Lazier said.

Lazier began by visiting a school and evaluating its classroom libraries and curriculum. In doing so, she recognized that minority students weren’t represented in the texts being used.

“I tied that back into their academia, and that could have been one of the root causes why kids were not engaged in the lesson,” Lazier said.

Lazier then developed a plan, and after working with the school and teachers, she proposed alternative texts for use.

“In doing that, I was able to track and monitor data to see if students were making progress as a result of incorporating culturally relevant texts during the literacy and social studies blocks. And to my surprise, the students in grades 3-5 made over 15% growth in ELA after I analyzed their iReady Diagnostic, district (Florida Standards Quizzes), and Florida Standards Assessment data. I was genuinely stunned at how much culturally relevant texts had such a great impact on student growth and behavior in just one trimester.

Lazier then used the initiative she designed to help her during an interview for the Palm Beach Aspiring Assistant Principal program, a program she has since been accepted to.

“During my entrance interview into the Aspiring Assistant Principal Program I was able to use the experience that I gained from the project that I worked on during the Symposium class at Nova to answer a question about a time when I developed an initiative to support student learning and build teacher capacity,” she said.

Lazier said she is incredibly thankful to both Nova and Drs. Maria Grethel Mendez and Gabriela Mendez for their assistance in helping her achieve her goals.

Lazier said she doesn’t plan to stop with the end of the program. She hopes to serve as an assistant principal, then principal, and one day become an Instructional Superintendent. In between, she said she also plans to start her Doctorate in Educational Leadership at NSU.

Congratulations Coi! Fins up to you!

Posted 10/23/22

Sociodrama Club Presents Programs on Suicide Prevention

NSU’s Sociodrama Club: Stage for Change presented two powerful programs in light of Suicide Prevention in September.

The first program, titled “How Can I Help?” was held Sept. 17 at the Museum of Discovery and Science in downtown Fort Lauderdale for the United Way. The performance was hosted and facilitated by Drs. Grace Telesco and Maribel Del Rio-Roberts, faculty members with NSU’s Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice.

The program focused on factors and interventions for teen suicide. Inside the audience were both adolescents and adults. However, at the end of the program, an audience member approached the group and let them know that the performance gave her a tremendous amount of hope.

That moment alone demonstrated the impact of these programs and held true to one of Dr. Telesco’s common messages: “The important work of the sociodrama ensemble is helping save lives!”

Days later, on Sept. 21, the group, along with Dr. Telesco and Dr. Maria Levi-Minzi, Assistant Professor, NSU’s Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice, traveled to Port St. Lucie where they presented and facilitated the program “What’s Wrong with Joe?” at the Treasure Coast 2022 Child Summit.

This program highlighted effective crisis intervention and trauma informed strategies for a child sexual survivor.

Audience members and participants for this program were local law enforcement, victim advocates, medical professionals, and social workers.

Both programs were filmed and are available to be viewed online, along with a host of other powerful performances. To watch “How Can I Help?”, click here. To watch “What’s Wrong with Joe?”, click here.

For more information on NSU’s Sociodrama Club, please reach out to Dr. Grace Telesco at: gt243@nova.edu.

Posted 10/09/22

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